Example sentences of "[pers pn] may have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ The concluding words show that a claim to contribution might arise under the Act of 1935 out of tortious conduct committed by two or more persons even though one or both of them may have committed a crime in the course of such conduct . |
| 2 | I think , however , I may have discovered a cure . |
| 3 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 4 | I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’ |
| 5 | I may have to learn a notion of proof different from that to which I am accustomed . |
| 6 | I may have changed a word here or there , but apart from that it 's all exact . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you may have made a mistake . |
| 8 | You may have reached a stage where you feel you have ‘ got over ’ the original cause of your sorrow and even find yourself able to talk calmly about it to others . |
| 9 | Some of you may have seen a bit of these before or similar ones , but it does n't matter , because it 's worth looking at again . |
| 10 | You may have seen a film of the African tribe , the Masai , running : they run on their toes . |
| 11 | You may have seen a film , but wish to talk about who did the cinematography or who played a particular character . |
| 12 | You may have seen a table of life-events which indicates the relative effects of change on stress level . |
| 13 | You may have received a letter from them early in 1984 asking for up to date details . |
| 14 | You may have received a letter where the letters p.p. are written before the signature of the sender . |
| 15 | Traditional sixth form education may still exist in some comprehensive schools — the 11–18 range — but you may have to find a place for your child in a FE ( Further Education ) establishment . |
| 16 | Few alternative therapies are available on the NHS , so you may have to find a practitioner yourself — and not everyone who practises complementary medicine is adequately trained . |
| 17 | This column indicates any errors against the relevant modules ; for example , you may have specified a module with an incorrect syntax . |
| 18 | She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension . |
| 19 | She may have discovered a nest of young rabbits , a delicacy indeed in her terms , had a very good meal and then gone off to sleep within the rabbit 's nest . |
| 20 | She may have killed a rabbit in a spot — a dead-end , for example — where it prevents her escape by blocking the burrow . |
| 21 | So she would have to she was to given up her career in acting , she may have to take a view and give up singing totally for a while . |
| 22 | She can complete a course double with BAGGRAVE LAD ( 3.15 ) in the Orbital Centre NH Flat race and earlier at Ludlow she may have initiated a treble by winning with her dual bumper winner RUN TO FORM ( 12.30 ) . |
| 23 | I have been told by an old Rochdale colleague of hers that she may have married a doctor and that he thinks she was left a cottage in Tonypandy some time in the mid to late 1960s . |
| 24 | Sally Hibberd says it 's a tough race and she may have to run a lot today |
| 25 | We may have made a mess of most of them , including parliamentary democracy , but the cricket culture we have successfully assimilated and , as Graham Gooch may tell you , perfected . |
| 26 | We may have to sound a warning note of challenge as well as minister a word of comfort . |
| 27 | We may have to work a bit on Europe after a recent P.G.A . |
| 28 | ‘ Since most experts seem to preclude a major upturn in energy prices before the end of the century , we may have to develop a combination of policies and taxes to stimulate the market for improvements in efficiency now as insurance against disruptions from climate change later . ’ |
| 29 | Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy . |
| 30 | They may have felt a degree of excitement as they turned their cameras on a train arriving at a station , waves crashing on the beach , or a group of workers emerging from their daily grind in the factory , but these early pieces of reportage were seen as nothing more than ‘ animated photographs ’ , a further step in the development of photography . |